In a remote town in the municipality of Caprese Michelangelo, in the Italian province of Arezzo, two brothers lived isolated from society. His parents are members of A A sect called “Noi è, io sono” (we, me), were never taken to school, nor to a pediatrician or family doctor, were never given tests legally required for homeschooled children, and did not even have a vaccination history. The interaction with the world for the two children, one of whom was nine years old and the other four years old, was limited to what their parents allowed, and their daily lives took place in an atmosphere of calm and tranquility. Isolated house in a rural landscape Strict adherence to the rules of the sect, which rejects the authority of any official body.
parents, Harald – “a special person” (According to Caprese Mayor Maria Brugialdi) Originally from Bolzano – Nadia, a Belarusian national, had left Brunico years earlier to settle in that remote area of Michelangelo’s Caprese. His move came with his integration into the sect, according to what was published in Corriere della SeraTo protect his marital status away from the eyes of justice.
Harald and Nadia had decided two years earlier to leave Brunico to move to La Creta, a small town near the Singerna River. The house, a renovated country house with a wooden fence and Video surveillance systemit became the shelter in which the family lived for years and was visible to the rest of society, such as Captain Fantastic; Above all, justice. Or so they believed.
Everything changed on October 16. That morning, dozens of police officers entered the police station Sansepolcro, accompanied by social workers from the Union of Municipalities of the Tiber Valley, arrived at the country house to carry out an operation. Restraining order Issued by the Florence Juvenile Court. CCTV cameras installed around the plot recorded the entire sequence.
The officers were equipped with riot gear for fear of a violent reaction from the people to the police intervention, and the first official contact began with an attempt to notify the judicial process. Harald and Bianca refused to sign the document and did not allow the police to read it to them. Harald warned his eldest son ahead of time. Walkie talkie“Prepare to fight back,” he told the children, while warning the agents not to recognize his authority: “This house is an extraterritorial zone, this is not Italy, you cannot enter,” he told the children. We are protected by Russia and Belarus“.
The atmosphere became tense, and with growing concern about potential escalation, police and social workers chose to do so Access to housingSome are through the main gate and others are around the forest. The recordings show screaming inside, and an image of one of the children being taken out of the house. According to sources close to the investigation, the older brother left without protesting, while the younger brother screamed during the intervention, and their voices were recorded in the security system.
After the events of that day, the juvenile court ordered the two brothers to be transferred to a protected community, where their mother could go whenever she wanted to visit them. Among the reasons for the judicial decision Isolation of minorsthe Absence of medical examinations and Lack of education.
After the arrangement, the parents presented A Special call signed in bloodIt is a common custom among members of the sect. Close sources indicate that “signing with a blood print is part of the way the followers of the band ‘Noiè, io sono’, the Italian branch of the American band ‘One People’ behave,” recalling the existence of precedents for legal appeals signed with a blood print. Attitudes of rejection of authority were also observed within the group, such as refusal to pay bills and tolls, or to use their identity documents called “global passes.”
The mayor of Caprese, Marilda Brugialdi, who is also president of the Union of Municipalities and is based in Sansepolcro, confirmed that she had seen the reality of the family and the joint intervention of social workers and the police: “But I had nothing to do with it. I saw the father only once; “He was a strange person.” Currently, the minors are still under judicial protection in the designated center, awaiting the completion of the procedures opened by the authorities.